Bomb blast targets journalists bus in Kabul, casualties reported

Bomb blast targets journalists bus in Kabul, casualties reported

KABUL - A Bomb blast has targeted journalists bus belonging to a privet Media outlet in Kabul, casualties have been reported by Afghan media.

A magnetic IED blast targeted a bus carrying the employees of Khurshid TV, a private media outlet, in the fifth street of Taimani in Kabul’s police district 4 (PD4) at around 5:30 pm on Sunday evening.

Two people, including a passerby and driver of the bus, were killed and four others, including three employees of a Khurshid TV network, were wounded in the explosion, the Interior Ministry’s spokesman Nusrat Rahimi said.

The explosion happened at a rush hour as government employees are heading to their homes.

Kabul has witnessed heavy blasts in the past two months. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.